All the stuff SpaceX are doing is just so amazing.
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Its very spacious and should make for a comfortable stay.
I feel a little unnerved by a tall thin thing being used as a lunar lander, when they dont have a stable surface to land on.
IM's Odysseus toppled over not so long ago, and going back further, Apollo 15's LEM landed at a 11° angle. Luckily the LEM was a squat little thing, and there were no significant issues.
I feel a little unnerved by a tall thin thing being used as a lunar lander, when they dont have a stable surface to land on.
IM's Odysseus toppled over not so long ago, and going back further, Apollo 15's LEM landed at a 11° angle. Luckily the LEM was a squat little thing, and there were no significant issues.
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Not the payload we want onboard though for a one way trip.
Poor banana subjected to space travel.
hope he's wearing his pyjamasA landing deluge?
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At least Starship has a better TPS than Orion…right? (cough)
Maybe an interior deluge too…
SpaceX (general discussion)
NASA has selected the Falcon Heavy to launch a nuclear-powered drone to Titan, from the Space Bucket: Yesterday afternoon we got news that NASA has picked SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy in particular to launch a nuclear-powered drone to Saturn’s Moon Titan. The firm-fixed-price contract has a...
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At least Starship has a better TPS than Orion…right? (cough)
Maybe an interior deluge too…
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Imagine the fun if Bezos beats Musk to Mars.
"It's mine all mine..."
"It's mine all mine..."
The engines' electronics, pipework and nozzles would likely not take kindly to impact with the ocean and subsequent corrosion by seawater, even if they had cooled enough to withstand the thermal shock. The fuel tank integrity might similarly be compromised. The SRBs were a lot less complex, but they required considerable refurbishment after recovery.
My understanding is that the SLS SRBs are not going to be recovered and refurbished. They weren't for the Artemis I test flight. The cost saving for the STS SRBs was always marginal and the SLS SRBs are about 25% more massive as they have five instead of four segments each.
SpaceX's Mechazilla tower grab method has worked successfully twice now, with one abortive ditch into the Gulf of Mexico/America in between. Whatever one thinks of Musk, it does appear his engineers do know what they are doing.
Interesting times…Stoke just got a $200 million investment…my favorite NewSpace company.
Scuttlebutt about an even larger rocketship:
Then too—I hope to see SLS go from OldSpace fuddy-duddy to the rocket of the resistance
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Scuttlebutt about an even larger rocketship:
Then too—I hope to see SLS go from OldSpace fuddy-duddy to the rocket of the resistance
Artemis Moon Program
Another new video upload from Phillip Sloss concerning the current big picture with Artemis: In this video, I look at where things stand with preparations and planning for the next three Artemis lunar missions, even as they face the possibility that President Trump and Elon Musk are going to...
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Heh.
Get out of the way, NewSpace brats:
Get out of the way, NewSpace brats:
NASA rolls out Artemis II Orion spacecraft, twin rocket boosters for moon mission
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 7, 2025 - NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission around the moon.
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